"We will honour Commonwealth agreements with New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory for launch sites. The Coalition will honour the Commonwealth agreements for the full state-wide roll out with all the States and Territories.

"The Productivity Commission proposed a progressive roll out for an NDIS between 2014-15 and 2018-19, starting with regional launch sites. Labor has instead decided to commence launch sites a year earlier in 2013-14 and to complete the scheme a year later in 2019-20. The Coalition will retain this timeline."

When launching the policy on August 20, 2013, Tony Abbott said the Coalition had "unequivocal" support for the NDIS. This position was reiterated during the election campaign.

In the 2013-14 budget, the former Labor government pledged the Commonwealth would provide $19.3 billion from 2012-13 to 2019-20 for what was then called DisabilityCare Australia. The vast majority of the funding was due to fall in the final two years, with the NDIS due to reach full operation in 2019-20.

By 2019-20 the former Labor government predicted the cost of the running the NDIS would be over $22 billion for the year, with the Commonwealth paying almost $12 billion and state and territory governments paying for the remainder.

In terms of rolling out the scheme, Labor said in its 2013-14 budget it would "provide full coverage in NSW, South Australia, and the ACT by 1 July 2018 and in Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania and the Northern Territory from 1 July 2019". WA signed up to the scheme after the budget.

Assessing the promise

In March 2016, Social Services Minister Christian Porter said Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria and the ACT had reached an agreement with the Commonwealth on the full rollout of the NDIS, with discussions continuing with the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

The budget papers indicate that only Western Australia will not have a fully rolled out NDIS by 2019-20. WA is participating in an NDIS trial.

This is in line with Labor's plan, as an agreement with WA proved elusive for Labor as well.

As for funding, Labor's plan was to provide $11.7 billion to DisabilityCare Australia in 2019-20.

In March 2016, the Government affirmed that it would be providing $11.3 billion for the full NDIS and in the 2016-17 budget set up a fund to secure the funding.

While this is technically less than the amount estimated by Labor in 2013 for this particular year, Labor's figure was a long term estimate and it is reasonable to expect a change over time.

The 2014-15 budget indicated that the Government allocated greater funding in the first three years of the NDIS than predicted by Labor.

The Government has met its commitments to honour Labor's agreements and timeline for the NDIS.

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